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The Harris campaign has finally decided to turn its attention to getting my 40 year old suburban, registered independent, white guy vote. My targeted messaging before a week ago was probably 90-10 Trump. For the last week or so it’s like 70-30 Harris. And I just had a pair of canvassers come to my door to somewhat apprehensively ask if I planned on voting. Their demeanor changed significantly when I told them I how enthusiastic I am about voting straight ticket democrat on Tuesday. 

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Just had an interesting conversation with wife. Her: Hey Wednesday I need you to pick our son up Me: ok but be home by 4 because I am going to Chili’s for some internet friends. Her: You are mee

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A conversation with my wife: ”We have to go to Chili’s when Kamala wins.” ”…Why?” ”Because that’s what Surly is doing.” ”We have to go to Chili’s because of Surly.” “Yes.”

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26 minutes ago, Tonesky said:

I have not been inside a Chili’s in more than 20 years. But, got damn, I believe I’ll be posting a victory photo from one on Wednesday!

 

20 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Wed is too late. We need that Chili's energy on Tue night. Similar to our chicken fried steak efforts to land Quinn Ewers from the portal. 

I want to be a good Surly soldier, but having now looked at the menu online….

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2 minutes ago, ConferenceRoom said:

A conversation with my wife:

”We have to go to Chili’s when Kamala wins.”

”…Why?”

”Because that’s what Surly is doing.”

”We have to go to Chili’s because of Surly.”

“Yes.”

”If Surly jumped off a bridge..”

”Yes.”

”sigh”

 

 

 

dude, push the margaritas 

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3 minutes ago, heso said:

The Harris campaign has finally decided to turn its attention to getting my 40 year old suburban, registered independent, white guy vote. My targeted messaging before a week ago was probably 90-10 Trump. For the last week or so it’s like 70-30 Harris. And I just had a pair of canvassers come to my door to somewhat apprehensively ask if I planned on voting. Their demeanor changed significantly when I told them I how enthusiastic I am about voting straight ticket democrat on Tuesday. 

Where you at?

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3 minutes ago, heso said:

The Harris campaign has finally decided to turn its attention to getting my 40 year old suburban, registered independent, white guy vote. My targeted messaging before a week ago was probably 90-10 Trump. For the last week or so it’s like 70-30 Harris. And I just had a pair of canvassers come to my door to somewhat apprehensively ask if I planned on voting. Their demeanor changed significantly when I told them I how enthusiastic I am about voting straight ticket democrat on Tuesday. 

Also not a surprise. The last week has been a push for the margins, bc they’ve turned out or contacted all of their base or groups favorable to them. 

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Just now, Chopper said:

It's the simple things in life that often bring the most joy.

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I keep forgetting about this. There is seriously a very good chance he goes to prison. 

Kind of hard to believe that has not at all been a part of the campaign. For President of the United States. 

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1 hour ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Yeah, my boss who is an awesome, badass bitch (in the best possible way), wears some wild, hippie-esque clothing in the office and generally celebrates the Keep Austin Weird-vibe broke my heart on Friday. We were both WFH and on the Teams call I noticed in the corner of her desk she had a shiny new Trump 2024 Yeti. Her husband's high up in construction so I guess I shouldn't be that surprised, but they also have a daughter who's a HS senior and for the life of me I just can understand that disconnect.

I work for a construction company. Most of the local leadership is anti-Trump. Little comments here and there so as to not piss other people off. But we know who we are.

OTOH, the subcontractors I’ve talked to in the past few months are VERY pro-Orange shitstain. They think interest rates will magically go down if he’s elected. Never mind the economic realities of the past 4 years that affected monetary and fiscal policy. 

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6 minutes ago, ConferenceRoom said:

A conversation with my wife:

”We have to go to Chili’s when Kamala wins.”

”…Why?”

”Because that’s what Surly is doing.”

”We have to go to Chili’s because of Surly.”

“Yes.”

”If Surly jumped off a bridge..”

”Yes.”

”sigh”

 

hug her for me, pleeease

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4 hours ago, quigley said:

You bring up several important, but nuanced points.

I'm talking about the small farmers who I grew up with. I know they are racists. The n-word was not normalized, it was normal.

I know they cashed the checks. But 2 things: the checks weren't that big and it cuts against the way they view of themselves.

Industrial farming got the biggest bailout. We know that industrial farming provides the most product, and it gets a disproportionate amount of subsidy. Small farmers are more numerous, less overall productive, and get disproportionately less subsidy (data and reference below).

Plus, small farmer aren't comfortable on the public dole (even though they've been subsidized for decades--don't bring that up), for the same reason they feel comfortable using the n-word.

The discrepancy is between reality and self perception, which we all also acknowledge.

 

https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/2021-farm-subsidies-ballooned-under-trump/

For example, through the MFP in 2018 and 2019:

  • The top 1 percent of recipients received 16 percent of payments, with an average total payment for both years of $524,298 per farm. The top 10 percent received 58 percent of payments, with an average total payment of $185,340.
  • The bottom 80 percent of recipients received only 23 percent of payments – an average payment for both years of only $9,109 per recipient.

The more alfalfa he did not grow, the more money the government gave him, and he spent every penny he didn't earn on new land to increase the amount of alfalfa he did not produce.

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7 minutes ago, ConferenceRoom said:

A conversation with my wife:

”We have to go to Chili’s when Kamala wins.”

”…Why?”

”Because that’s what Surly is doing.”

”We have to go to Chili’s because of Surly.”

“Yes.”

”If Surly jumped off a bridge..”

”Yes.”

”sigh”

 

Somewhat related, my wife asked me how I was getting updates so quick last night. I told I'd prefer not to answer that question

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Somewhat related, my wife asked me how I was getting updates so quick last night. I told I'd prefer not to answer that question

She doesn’t post here anymore but she’s an asshole just like the rest of us. I love her. 
 

And she apparently loves me, too. 

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14 minutes ago, ConferenceRoom said:

A conversation with my wife:

”We have to go to Chili’s when Kamala wins.”

”…Why?”

”Because that’s what Surly is doing.”

”We have to go to Chili’s because of Surly.”

“Yes.”

”If Surly jumped off a bridge..”

”Yes.”

”sigh”

 

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7 minutes ago, Superhero said:

I work for a construction company. Most of the local leadership is anti-Trump. Little comments here and there so as to not piss other people off. But we know who we are.

OTOH, the subcontractors I’ve talked to in the past few months are VERY pro-Orange shitstain. They think interest rates will magically go down if he’s elected. Never mind the economic realities of the past 4 years that affected monetary and fiscal policy. 

I deal with a lot of subs as well and am genuinely shocked how many think Trump is a genius.  And that he would pay them.

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14 minutes ago, ConferenceRoom said:

A conversation with my wife:

”We have to go to Chili’s when Kamala wins.”

”…Why?”

”Because that’s what Surly is doing.”

”We have to go to Chili’s because of Surly.”

“Yes.”

”If Surly jumped off a bridge..”

”Yes.”

”sigh”

 

Speaking of wives who how to pick their battles...

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2 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

I deal with a lot of subs as well and am genuinely shocked how many think Trump is a genius.  And that he would pay them.

That’s a group that absolutely baffles me. It has been well known for decades that Trump lived to fuck those people over. 

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If y'all really wanted to do it right, you would find a place where you can do a pub-crawl style tour of Chili's, TGIFridays, Cheddars, Fuddruckers, Applebees, Red Lobster, Outback, and Texas Roadhouse....

I'm sure there is a small-medium sized city in Texas or Oklahoma where most of those are in the same strip mall.

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23 minutes ago, ConferenceRoom said:

A conversation with my wife:

”We have to go to Chili’s when Kamala wins.”

”…Why?”

”Because that’s what Surly is doing.”

”We have to go to Chili’s because of Surly.”

“Yes.”

”If Surly jumped off a bridge..”

”Yes.”

”sigh”

 

 

I had that conversation Wednesday or Thursday evening with Ms. Francisco.  She laughed when I told her the reason and said "why not".  Now, we have not eaten at a Chili's since she was expecting our first born 14 years ago, and she craved their chicken tortilla soup (and we ate there 1-2 times a week, especially during the third trimester).  We are both prepared to be let down with food quality, but are willing to make that sacrifice in the spirit of the festivities.

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Hawndoh said:

If y'all really wanted to do it right, you would find a place where you can do a pub-crawl style tour of Chili's, TGIFridays, Cheddars, Fuddruckers, Applebees, Red Lobster, Outback, and Texas Roadhouse....

I'm sure there is a small-medium sized city in Texas or Oklahoma where most of those are in the same strip mall.

Too soon, bra. 

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18 minutes ago, Superhero said:

I work for a construction company. Most of the local leadership is anti-Trump. Little comments here and there so as to not piss other people off. But we know who we are.

OTOH, the subcontractors I’ve talked to in the past few months are VERY pro-Orange shitstain. They think interest rates will magically go down if he’s elected. Never mind the economic realities of the past 4 years that affected monetary and fiscal policy. 

All good.  If they are anything like the subs I deal with, they won’t show up to vote until November 15th

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26 minutes ago, ConferenceRoom said:

A conversation with my wife:

”We have to go to Chili’s when Kamala wins.”

”…Why?”

”Because that’s what Surly is doing.”

”We have to go to Chili’s because of Surly.”

“Yes.”

”If Surly jumped off a bridge..”

”Yes.”

”sigh”

 

I just made a reservation at Chili’s for 372 people. 

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20 hours ago, honolulu horn said:

Yeah the most surprising thing about that Selzer poll is the seniors breaking for Kamala. They know what's up. 

Yep. Seniors are much more likely to have seen this movie before, and they know it doesn't end well if people don't stand up and do what's right.

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11 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Wat? I feel like the chilis talk has been going on for several days at least. Like 3-4. 

But Wednesday post-election celebratory Chili's was MY idea. If you think I'm too proud to shamelessly claim credit for that, you haven't been paying attention to my posting history.

This place is going to be lit up with more food pictures than your Aunt Cheryl's Facebook after a trip to Paris.

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On 10/24/2024 at 7:21 AM, BamaATL said:

I'm a bit concerned about you, tbh.  You used the word quality positively in the same sentence as Chili's and Applebees.  

 

On 10/24/2024 at 7:24 AM, Yev Kassem said:

The new Chili’s smash burger is fucking great. And at $10.99!

Ok so there are the first mentions.

Day shift is crazy too.

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Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

 

 

Jr: We need Republican like dog catchers because who knows what they're going to do with those dogs. We've been seeing the videos, I don't know. They’re like.. how dare you say that was a dog? Like it's a dog, it's a cat. It's something with four legs and really small. I can tell you what it's not, it's not a rib eye, it's not something any of you have ever barbecued before. I can assure you that.

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